Monday, August 8th, 2011
The A-SPEC group was formed to streamline the processes undertaken to display new assets within each member’s GIS and Asset Management Systems.A common specification for the supply of digital data was identified as a major opportunity for the consortia members to...
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Krakatau (also known as Krakatoa), a volcanic island in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia, has been intermittently active for the past several decades. The island exploded in 1883, killing approximately...
Monday, August 1st, 2011
I am writing this on a 'normal' day in Christchurch. This entails being shaken out of bed this morning by a 4.1 double and ensuing blackout. I went to work in my long-term ‘temporary’ office in the...
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
The GIZ-SUTP along with the Transport division of the UNESCAP jointly organised a breakout session at the Fifth Asia Pacific Urban Forum on the 22nd June 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. The title of the breakout session was...
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Last year, Japan produced close to one quadrillion watt-hours of electricity — that's 1 followed by 15 zeros. The vast majority of that — which translates into one billion megawatt hours (MWh) — came from coal, natural...
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Nine national government agencies were cited for their eco-friendly operations as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) today (June 29) handed out the first ever 2011 Recognition Awards for Eco-friendly Government Offices at the national...
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Surrounding the construction of distance education networks for rural party cadres, Wenshang has earmarked special funds from county and township finance to build terminal receiving stations in rural areas, which include 14 town-level stations, 1 education base...
Saturday, June 11th, 2011
Sydney Water launched its Best practice guidelines for water management in aquatic leisure centres on Tuesday, 24 May, before an audience of centre managers and industry representatives at the Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre. The 160-page guidelines provide...